UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz on Wednesday introduced a constitutional amendment that would set the number of justices on the Supreme Court of the United States to nine.

Saturday, March 18, 2023 marks the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright that criminal defendants have a right to a lawyer.

"Can I answer the question?" Garland said at one point. "No, you cannot, you have refused to answer the question," Cruz responded.

Missouri's Attorney General will head to the U.S. Supreme Court to oppose Biden's illegal student debt handout plan.

A coalition of state attorneys general is suing the Food and Drug Administration over its regulation of mifepristone. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson.

A tax battle is going to the United States Supreme Court as a Metro Detroit law firm called it a fight over the right to privacy, and they're taking on the IRS.

Critics of the court have intensified calls for reform, placing greater scrutiny on the justices' behavior and the activities of their spouses.

Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the United States Supreme Court as the court rules in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2022. An investigation into who leaked a bombshell Supreme Court ruling overturning the federal constitutional right to abortion weeks before it was officially released failed to identify the culprit, the court said Thursday. Politico in May reported that a leaked draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito showed that the Supreme Court was poised to overturn its five-decade-old ruling in the case known as Roe v. Wade, which found there was a constitutional right to abortion. The following month, the Supreme Court did just that, with a majority opinion penned by Alito, a member of the conservative supermajority on the court.

The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex marriages, but should it become law, what would that mean for same-sex couples Michigan?

Millions of people are learning, yes, they’ve been approved for federal student loan forgiveness under the program President Joe Biden is trying to push through. But those emails and the hang-ups in court are causing some confusion.

Millions of people are learning, yes, they’ve been approved for federal student loan forgiveness under the program President Joe Biden is trying to push through. But those emails and the hang-ups in court are causing some confusion.

Use these interactive maps to follow election results for Proposal 3 on abortion and reproductive rights in Michigan on Nov. 8, 2022.

Here’s where you can find Michigan general election results for Proposal 3 on abortion and reproductive rights on voting on Nov. 8, 2022.

A Mississippi legal organization is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the state’s provision permanently banning people convicted of certain felonies from voting

Voters will decide the future of abortion rights in Michigan during the General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision striking down a constitutional right to abortion and sending the issue to the states has groups on both sides of the debate focusing more than ever on races this fall for state supreme courts.

The move comes as the fight over abortion rights have been front and center since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark decision in Roe v Wade in June.

The Michigan Supreme Court has ordered that an abortion-rights initiative appear on the November ballot.

A majority of Michigan voters “strongly disagree” with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the 1973 landmark ruling in Roe v. Wade, according to a new WDIV/Detroit News poll.

A judge has struck down Michigan’s 1931 anti-abortion law, months after suspending it.

A Michigan judge has blocked county prosecutors from enforcing a pre-Roe abortion ban that would have allowed providers to be charged with a felony.

Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit responded to a new Michigan Court of Appeals ruling on abortion.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled that county prosecutors can enforce the state's 91-year-old abortion ban, paving the way for abortion to become illegal in parts of the state.

The Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade is expected to lead to abortion being banned or severely restricted in nearly half the United States.

Lisa Holder White will replace Rita Garman on the Illinois Supreme Court and become the state's first Black female justice.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- State Rep. Jean Schmidt, a Clermont County Republican, said during a radio interview this week that she would entertain a debate about outlawing birth control in the wake of the United States Supreme Court overturning constitutional protections for abortion. Schmidt is the sponsor of a bill in the state legislature that would eliminate abortion from the time of conception, effectively outlawing it in the state. “You know, rape and incest is an ugly, ugly, ugly act of violence and that woman is truly harmed and scarred. When asked about banning birth control, Schmidt said she would consider it. They might have a problem with sending somebody outside the state with a paycheck in hand, because that would be, in some legal eyes, promoting abortion.

"That was a threat to our institutions of government," Hutchinson said about Jan. 6.

A dedicated minority of conservative activists has been working for decades to dismantle Roe v. Wade. One man in particular has played an outsized role in that effort: Leonard Leo.

California legislators on Monday approved Texas-style lawsuits over illegal guns, mimicking the Lone Star State's law aimed at deterring abortions and obliquely linking the two most controversial U.S. Supreme Court decisions from last week. The California bill would allow anyone to sue people who sell illegal firearms. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom sought the measure in part to tweak the conservative wing of the U.S. Supreme Court, which gave preliminary approval to the Texas law allowing citizens to sue anyone who provides or assists in providing an abortion.

The fight over abortion moved to the forefront of this fall's midterm elections on Friday, as Democrats urged voters to view November as their best hope to halt the erosion of reproductive rights set off by the Supreme Court's overturning...

Lawmakers, Democrats and Republicans, react to the Supreme Court striking down federal protections over abortion.

South Dakota's trigger law was passed in 2005 and does not include exceptions for rape or incest.

The Supreme Court's decision that women have no constitutional right to an abortion marked the apex of a week that reinforced Donald Trump's grip on Washington more than a year and a half after he exited the White House.

“For them, the dam has burst,” she said of the justices. “What do you see in their behavior to give you any reason to believe" that they would stop?

A Supreme Court whose makeup was dramatically shifted to the right during Trump’s presidency gave his supporters significant wins on abortion and guns.

Trump nominated three of the Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that affirmed a constitutional right to abortion.

The United States Supreme Court ruled on Friday to overturn the 50-year-old precedent of Roe v. Wade, a landmark case that legalized abortion nationwide. However, in the same ruling, the Supreme Court mentioned that other rulings should be reconsidered — including those that have to do with contraception and marriage rights. “We should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents, including Griswold, Lawrence, and Obergefell,” said Justice Clarence Thomas. And I will do everything in my power to keep it that way,” Healey wrote on Twitter following the Supreme Court decision on Friday. Read the Supreme Court decision here.

Trump's three appointees to the high court were instrumental in gutting a federal right to an abortion.

Police fired tear gas from the windows of the Arizona Capitol building to disperse hundreds of people demonstrating outside Friday night, as lawmakers briefly huddled in a basement.

Take it from this former cop: We don’t need more guns out there.

Was John Eastman's claim about a 'heated fight' at the Supreme Court a function of online rumors?

The bill already passed the Senate and if approved by the House will head to President Biden's desk for his signature.

The man was armed and made threats against Kavanaugh, according to the Supreme Court.

The push to overturn Michigan's 1931 law now has a new urgency, after a draft Supreme Court opinion leaked that would overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion rights.

With the Supreme Court seemingly poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, Democrats look to legislation to keep abortion legal.

There’s so much to be angry about and none of it is new. It’s simply exhausting.

Collins suggested that comments made by Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh during their confirmation hearings are "inconsistent" with a draft opinion that suggests Roe v. Wade would be overturned.

Collins suggested that comments made by Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh during their confirmation hearings are "inconsistent" with a draft opinion that suggests Roe v. Wade would be overturned.

Democrats say several conservative justices lied to the Senate in their confirmations. But nominees have long taken a careful line on Roe, acknowledging it as a precedent without saying much more.

ALmost certainly not, according to legal analysts, who said it would be a stretch of the Justice Department’s authority to even investigate the matter.

A leaked draft Supreme Court opinion about Roe v. Wade prompted calls from some European leaders to protect women's rights.

Republican Senate candidate Christina Nolan of Vermont calls for the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's Supreme Court nominee

The case dealt with drawing the single-member district lines for the House of Representatives districts in Alabama.

The United State Supreme Cour reinstated the death penalty sentence imposed on Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

The Secretary-General cites a “criminal” abdication of leadership. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a case that may hamper emissions regulations.

The president had pledged to announce his nominee by the end of the month.

Americans are starkly divided by race on the importance of President Joe Biden’s promise to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court.

President Biden has promised to nominate a Black woman at the same moment when the Court is likely to ban most race-conscious selections.

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Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) told reporters Monday that he would not support confirming another nominee to the Supreme Court right before the midterm elections and would prefer to wait until the country knows which party will control the Senate in 2023. Manchin told reporters that if another Supreme Court seat becomes vacant shortly before the Nov. 8 election, he would support holding off a vote on President Biden's nominee to see if...

Only seven justices in the court’s 233-year history have been anything other than a White man.

A reporter asked Psaki Wednesday if Biden will vow to nominate an Asian American or LGBTQ justice to the Supreme Court if any additional vacancies arise.

Many Republicans have criticized Biden for vowing to nominate a Black woman, despite President Ronald Reagan's similar pledge to name a woman to SCOTUS.

The White House confirmed Judge J. Michelle Childs is being considered on the President’s short list of prominent Black women who would change the face and approach of the Supreme Court.

"If they have achieved the level of success in the practice of law and jurisprudence, they've done it against great odds. They're extraordinary people," he said.

The first Black woman on the Court wouldn’t necessarily change its balance. But she would make history.

The MyPillow CEO's lawyers say they won't participate in the discovery process until the Supreme Court hears all their appeals.

First, there is a difference between state and federal power: States have more power in this area.

"Democrats have been overlooking the Supreme Court for a long time and are now getting a wake-up call," Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel made history as the first openly gay person elected to a Michigan statewide office.

The mood is more sober now a mix of disappointment over Trumps defeat and hope that his legacy of judicial appointments will lead to future court victories limiting abortion rights. The mood is more sober now — a mix of disappointment over Trump’s defeat and hope that his legacy of judicial appointments will lead to future court victories limiting abortion rights. Meanwhile, Trump, whose administration took numerous steps to curtail abortion access, has been replaced as president by Joe Biden, a staunch supporter of abortion rights. Bullock supported abortion rights during eight years in office. Becerra and Biden are Roman Catholic, and the new administration's support for abortion rights poses a dilemma for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

LANSING, Mich. – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a Lawsuit Tuesday claiming that Michigan and other battleground states altered election laws and flooded the state with ballots with no chain of custody. The lawsuit asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case after the Court declined to hear a Pennsylvania case that wanted to reverse that state’s vote certification. The lawsuit repeats numerous false, disproven and unsupported allegations of illegal mail-in balloting and voting in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. This year, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson sent out applications to vote, not actual ballots, unless the voter completed the process to vote absentee. Their votes were counted, in some cases, multiple times.”The audits will include a statewide risk-limiting audit, a complete zero-margin risk-limiting audit in Antrim County, and procedural audits in more than 200 jurisdictions statewide, including absentee ballot counting boards, according to the Bureau.

LANSING, Mich. – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a brief Tuesday claiming that Michigan and other battleground states altered election laws and flooded the state with ballots with no chain of custody. This year, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson sent out applications to vote, not actual ballots unless the voter completed the process to vote absentee. President Donald Trump’s legal team has not been successful in Michigan so far. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case that wanted to reverse Pennsylvania’s vote certification. Their votes were counted, in some cases, multiple times.”Watch the full report in the video posted above.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced Saturday he was nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “I am thrilled that President Trump has chosen Amy Coney Barrett to serve as the next associate justice on the Supreme Court. Amy Coney Barrett has a proven track record of protecting our Constitution, honoring the sanctity of life, and fighting for the rule of law. The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett is an unconscionable assault on the Affordable Care Act. As I have said before, I do not support the Senate moving forward on a Supreme Court nomination until after Inauguration Day.